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H. HINCKLEY. SHOE FOR GOLF HOLE MARKER RUDE.

APPLICATION FILED IBB.-16, 1914.

5 Patented Nov. 3, 1914,

THE NORRIS PETERS C -LITHO. WASHINGTON DC.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD I-IINCKLEY, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

SHOE FOR GOLF-HOLE MARKER-RODS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 16, 1914. Serial No. 818,957.

following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to wh ch it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient form of shoe or protector for the ends of marker rods for golf courses, which rods are normally placed upright in the cups or liners for the golf holes and carry at their upper ends flags or other indicators, which may be seen at a distance to permit the players to locate the various holes in the course. It has been the custom heretofore to use two types of marker rods, the first a bamboo pole carrying a marker flag, the lower end of said pole being provided with a tubular end piece of metal terminating in an elongated spike with a sharp point, which spike passes through a hole in the bottom of the cup. The other type of marker consists of a metal rod of relatively small diameter having its lower end sharpened to pass through the hole in the bottom of the cup. With both types of marker rods, the sharp pointed lower end is objectionable, first because in many cases, it does not afford sufficient bearing between the rod and the cup to hold the rod vertically in a high'wind, with the result that the rod oscillates in the wind and mutilates the edge of the earth about the hole rim. A more serious objection to the sharp ended metal rods or elongated metal spikes formed on the shoes for the bamboo rod, is that careless players and caddies are prone to drive the sharp ends into the putting-green when the marker rod is removed, in order to permit the players to putt for the hole, thereby marring the green; and also to remove .or replace the marker rod in the cup in such careless man ner as to break away and mar the earth about the rim of the hole. The present in vention is designed to obviate these difiiculties and to provide a shoe which is capable of. application to any of the types of marker rods, which shoe is of such form as to prevet mutilation of the turf of the green or the edges of the hole and will, moreover, insure an accurate centering of the rod in States, residing in the in the District of Co- Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

the hole and a firm support to hold therod T I i in upright engagement with the cup, there- I by of the rod underthe actionof the wind. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which F1gure l is a-vertical elevation of'an ordinary metal marker rod with the shoeattached mal position in the golfhole cup is an i Fig. 2

enlarged vertical's'ection through the preventing any lateral whipping motion,

to the end thereof, and located in norshoe; and Fig. 3 1s a corresponding view of j l the shoe as applied to a bamboo rod or pole.

to the drawings, the shoe Referring proper comprises a tubular body portion 1, preferably made from relatively light sectlons of metallic tubing, which maybe galvanized, which tubular body is closed at its lower end by a plug 2, preferably of metal havlng a rounded or convex bottom 3 and a. tubular tapered neck 4 terminating in an annular'shoulder 4, against which the lower rim of the tubular body 1 abuts Said plug is driven forcibly intothe lower end of the body 1 to cause a tight-fit between the plug and the body, and to without projections-or sharp edges, as clearly mdicated in the drawings. The plug 3 is provided with a central aperture 5, which recelves the coned or tapered end of a metal marking rod 00, which is then upset or riveted to permanently secure the rod to the shoe.

The upper end of the tubular body 1 is provided with a cap 6 having a pendant flange 7 snugly engaging the upper portion of the body 1, and a crownedtop 9 provided with a central orifice formed by forcing the metal at the center of the top dowriward to constitute a downwardly tapering flange surrounding the central orifice 9, WlllCll flange engages the marker, rod 00 and holds the same in accurate vertical alinement with the longitudinal axis of thebody 1 of the shoe. When the shoe is appliedto a bamboo or wooden rod 00 of larger size, the lower end of the rod is placed vertically within the shoe and the space between the rod and the inner walls of the shoe is filled with cement or other, appropriate binder to fasten the shoe rigidly to the lower end of the rod, as illustrated in Fig. 3. As

present a smooth oint thus constructed and applied, the shoe is j effective in preventing the turf ofv the utting-green or the earth about the rim of the cup being marred by careless players or at tendants, and is likewiseeflective in retainj ihg'the t idarko i'kfodilli proper normal posi- J A; t on' n t hdcupo. Moreover;

of the plug of theshoe matermllyasslsts 1111 guidingktho rod iotdthe holoin the bottom;

of thogolf cup, especially Where the bottom 0 5x119, clip is mas concave or downw ardly fiolinod; A What I claim is 1. Ashoe for golihole markerlrods com jclos ureih 2. A shoe for 1 golf hole l nia-rkor rodsooml.i.1gfsecuredfin thelower end thereof. 15

prising a 't llbuldrgbody,

secured? t h e low v fend ltheroof, and a oen @511 the rounded (and I lprising atubularEbodyyhaviflg aoomiox (and risingpa tubular fbodyi amid a joonvex ended q A shoe 'fotfgolf hole marker rods com oncon vexonded plug l'thereoi I I 4. Thefloombination with "a golf hole marker rod, of a shoe having a perforation in 3 is; fastened, and acentmlly perforated cap saidirod passes. 1

@111 presence of-two Witnesses;

In testimonywhereof I a fiiimy sigmatore,v

perfor atod cap on tho uppef ild l v "26 o ongthe lower end thereof comprising atubular body, a round end- .ed plugoooufed in the lower end thereof Whiohthe rod end 25 I on the upper end ofthe body through which HOWARD NGK EYJ 

